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indulgence			] Its basic meaning for classical law is "fairness" but in post-classical texts it is used to mean benignitas, indulgentia and the like and is used to justify modifications of law in favour of the weaker party in a way which has little relation to the old conception of "fairness" and often ushers in a rule the implications of which must have made the application of the law very uncertain. Four theses: preliminary to an appeal to equity by Shanske, Darien / Stanford Law Review This man, Camden asserted, had waited thirteen years after the first edition to voice his objections ("emersit quidam post decimum tertium a prima aeditione annum qui in me & opellam meam clamat"), and it was in his place that Camden had been advanced by the queen ("eum in locum diuina Serenissimae Reginae benignitas me euocauerit"). Britannia, Ralph Brooke, and the Representation of Privilege in ... by ROCKETT, WILLIAM / Renaissance Quarterly			Beneficium competentiae beneficus benefit Benefit of cession Benefit of clergy benefit of counsel Benefit of discussion Benefit of division benefit of doubt Benefit of inventory benefiter benefits benevolence benevolent benevolentia benevolently benevolentness benevolus benight benighted benightedness benign benign favor benignancy benignant benignitas benignity benignus Benjamin, Judah Philip Benjamin, Park bent bent on bent upon Bentham, Jeremy benumbing bepraise bequeath bequeathable bequeathal bequeathed by will bequeather bequest berate berating bereaved bereaved child bereavement bereft of funds bereft of life bereft of reason beribbon			benign tumor benign tumor benign tumor Benign tumors Benign tumors Benign tumors benign tumour benign tumour benign tumour Benign tumours Benign tumours Benign tumours Benign tumours benign ventricular tachycardia benign ventricular tachycardia benign ventricular tachycardia benign virus benign volumetric growths of the liver benignancies benignancies benignancies benignancy benignancy benignancy benignant benignant benignant benignantly benignantly Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars benignitas benignities benignities benignity benignity benignity benignity benignly benignly benignly benignly Benigno Ninoy S. Aquino High School Benignus Benikoji Benilde-St. Margaret's Benilyn Childrens Chesty Coughs Benim Benimerines Benin Benin Benin Bénin Bénin Benin (province) Benin (province) Benin Armed Forces Benin City Benin City Benin City, Nigeria Benin franc Bénin Golden Award

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